List of World War II puppet states
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This is a list of puppet states sponsored, created, or controlled by an occupying member of the Axis or Allied powers in World War II.
See also: Military occupations by the Soviet Union § World War II, List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan, Collaboration with Imperial Japan, Areas annexed by Nazi Germany, and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
These puppet states or régimes claimed to enjoy full, complete, and independent sovereignty, but took at least some direction from their countries' occupiers.[1] The puppet governments take responsibility for actions taken in the interest of the foreign puppet-master power.